Because Qin Shaoyou and the others brought many children with them, even though these children were arranged to sit on the carriage and were very obedient and cooperative, it still affected the speed of the march.
After all, if you have children in the team, you have to consider their endurance, and you can't rush on the road as fast as you can.
So although the team set out from Luocheng early in the morning, they would only reach the vicinity of Wujiabao when night fell.
Qin Shaoyou, who was riding on a war horse, squinted his eyes and scanned the darkness shrouding the surrounding fields, and maximized the effect of [Listening] to gain insight into various situations that could not be seen in the dark night.
At the same time, he quickly issued a series of orders to Cui Youxian and others:
"The whole team speeds up the march and rushes to Wujiabao to spend the night. Senior Brother Cui, take your men and horses and guard them around the team. Anyone who dares to come close, whether they are rogues or demons, will be killed without mercy!"
"yes!"
All the night watchmen in the team took the order in unison.
The fifth sister stopped riding in the carriage. She asked Qin Shaoyou for some armor, put it on, and guarded the carriages beside several carriages.
The night watchman driving the carriage greeted the children in the carriage, telling them to sit tight and hold on tight, and then waved his whip to urge the horses to speed up.
The marching speed of the entire team increased as a result.
At the same time, Cui Youyou also rushed into the darkness with his small army to protect and guard.
This series of arrangements made by Qin Shaoyou are very timely.
The group of children in the team were first turned into dogs by the demons of the Black Lotus Sect using evil methods, and then they were restored to human form under the treatment of the Taoist Priests of the Jade Emperor Temple, with more or less spiritual energy remaining in their bodies.
In the eyes of those monsters wandering in the dark night, these children are simply the best delicacies and tonics.
At the same time, these teams of dozens and hundreds of people, plus the carriages that obviously carried a large amount of 'goods', were regarded as big fat sheep by the bandits and bandits.
These demons and thieves all took advantage of the cover of night to plot against Qin Shaoyou and his team.
And in this dark night where you couldn't see your fingers, even if you held a torch, you could only see a small area nearby, Qin Shaoyou's [Listening] talent showed great effect.
Whenever there are demons or bandits approaching, Qin Shaoyou will accurately report their location as soon as possible.
The night watchmen in the team, before these demons, ghosts, thieves and bandits could react, would take out their crossbows and shoot a burst of fire in the direction where Qin Shao was lobbying.
Immediately afterwards, Cui Youyou rushed forward with his night watchmen to sweep away the remaining demons and bandits.
After similar incidents happened several times, those monsters and thieves hiding in the darkness who wanted to take advantage of the team no longer dared to approach.
Although they wanted to 'eat' this team, they were also afraid of losing their own teeth.
Qin Shaoyou and the others also saw the brightly lit Wujiabao in the dark night.
Although the Wu family has long since disappeared, Wujiapu is still there.
The Wu family spent a lot of money and material resources to build this Wu Fort. It would be a pity to destroy it, and if it is abandoned, it will easily be occupied by thieves or demons, thus causing new troubles.
So the local magistrate and the person in charge of the Demon Suppression Department worked together to transform this Wubao into a large inn.
It is still the same as before, providing rest for merchants coming and going and ensuring their safety.
Just charge a small fee.
When Qin Shaoyou and others arrived at the gate of Wujiabao, a caravan was paying fees and undergoing inspection.
The manager of this caravan obviously didn't know about the Wu family's affairs.
When he was paying the money, he asked the guard at the gate: "Didn't your Wujiabao provide accommodation for free to passing merchants in the past? Why do you have to charge money now?"
"It's true that the Wu family doesn't charge money, but they have to charge lives..."
The gatekeeper sneered twice and told the story of the Wu family to the caravan manager. Finally, he said: "Now the Wujiapu is in charge of the Yamen. Although they collect money, they do not accept orders. Compared with those who were taken advantage of by the Wu family before.
For those who have lost their lives, you are lucky."
After listening to what the guard guard said, the caravan steward stayed for a moment and suddenly burst into tears.
"Why are you crying?" The guard guard was startled, "Although we charge money, we don't charge much, so we won't make you suffer like this, right?"
The caravan manager wiped away his tears and said through gritted teeth: "I'm not worried about the money, I'm crying about my eldest brother. My eldest brother also led the caravan on this route two years ago and disappeared. We all thought that
, they were either killed by bandits or harmed by demons. After listening to what you said today, I realized that my eldest brother and the caravan he led were most likely harmed by people from the Wu family.
What a shame! We thought the Wu family were good people before, and even sent money and gifts to ask them to help find the bones of my brother and everyone in the caravan..."
"The dead are gone, but the living are like this."
The gatekeeper sighed, and after a few words of comfort to the caravan steward, he took out a handful of scented wax money paper as if by magic.
"After entering Wubao, go and burn some incense, wax and money paper for your brother and the others."
"Thanks."
The caravan steward reached out to pick up the incense wax money paper.
The guard guard put the things away.
"Ten cents, thank you for your patronage."
"..."
The caravan steward was stunned for a moment, and finally paid for a handful of scented wax money paper.
After they entered Wu Fort, Qin Shaoyou and others stepped forward and took out the Demon Suppression Division's waist card before the gatekeepers could speak.
After the gatekeepers inspected it, they naturally did not dare to ask for money and put everyone into Wubao.
Soon the night watchman guarding Wubao also received the news. When he came over and saw that it was Qin Zongqi and Anzhi County, he naturally did not dare to neglect and hurriedly asked people to vacate the room in Wubao for everyone to rest.
After settling their subordinates and children, Qin Shaoyou, Monk Ma and others walked out of the room and looked at the current Wujiabao.
On the wall of Wubao, there were also armed patrols, but they were replaced by the Wu family's soldiers, the night watchmen of the Demon Suppression Department, as well as the detectives and servants sent by the county government.
In the central square of Uburg, a simple greenhouse was built to provide shelter from wind and rain for merchants.
There are also vendors selling tea and hot food. Needless to say, these must be relatives of the police officers and government officials.
The strange stone statues in the square have long been destroyed.
However, the large incense burner has been preserved for people to burn incense and light wax to pay homage to their deceased relatives and friends.
There are vendors nearby selling scented wax paper money and paper dolls.
At this moment, there are really many people kneeling or squatting in front of the big incense burner to pay homage to their deceased relatives and burn paper money for them.
Qin Shaoyou stood on the wall of Wubao, looking at the people below who were mourning their relatives and friends, and asked without looking back: "I heard that a lot of bones were dug up during the investigation of Wujiapu?"
The night watchman in charge of Wujiabao is following Qin Shaoyou.
He nodded and sighed: "Yes, it's a pity that the skin and flesh on the bones have been eaten clean by demons and ghosts, and in many cases even the bones have been chewed to pieces. It is really impossible to distinguish their identities, so they can only be transferred and buried together."
Qin Shaoyou nodded, and then sighed softly.
The night passed peacefully, and no unexpected incident occurred.
Early the next morning, everyone set out in team.
Not far after leaving Wujiabao, I saw a piece of fog billowing in the woods next to Wubao.
Then one strange figure after another appeared in the fog.
Cui Youguo's expression turned solemn instantly.
Because all the people who appeared in the mist were not humans, but ghosts.
However, before everyone could react on alert, these ghosts who appeared in the forest fog all bowed and saluted towards Qin Shaoyou and others.
"This is……"
Cui Youyou was stunned.
Qin Shaoyou was also stunned for a moment, and then reacted.
"They are travelers and merchants who were killed by the Wu family. They died before, but their souls were imprisoned and enslaved. Now they are free. They sensed that we were passing by Wujiapu and came to thank us."
As if to prove what Qin Shaoyou said, after saluting, these ghosts disappeared without a trace along with the mist.
"They returned to Hades."
Monk Ma clasped his hands together, facing the woods where the ghosts had just appeared, and recited scriptures softly.
Qin Shaoyou watched for a while, and waited until the fog completely disappeared before calling everyone to continue on their way.
But after riding his horse for a few steps, he looked surprised.
Just because he discovered that there was an extra page of new content in the mysterious cookbook in his mind.